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[Gaiff]

We know we can't trust: EA, Activision, Ubisoft, Konami, 343, CDPR, Bethesda, Blizzard, and most major publishers, really. How many major companies left can we trust to deliver a relatively stable and complete day 1 experience? Sony and Nintendo did have a couple of stumbles such as Days Gone and Pokémon Scarlet/Violet but these are the exception and by and large, their games release relatively complete and polished. In Nintendo's case, the Switch is so woefully underpowered that you still get disasters like Bayonetta 3 but there's no real way to circumvent hardware limitations.

So, who can we trust among companies that release AAA games? Are Nintendo and Sony off the list too?

 

[djjinx2]

Trust no one

 

[Three]

Has Capcom ever let you down? Sony and Nintendo are good too but there are definitely others out there that do just as well.

 

[Diddy X]

What about TLOU part 1 launch on pc? That was shit

 

[Gaiff]

Has Capcom ever let you down?

Yes, multiple times. Street Fighter V was barely a game sold at full price. Same for Exoprimal.

 

[Shifty1897]

Trust no one

Exactly this, we live in a world where you don't have to trust a game dev. Don't preorder, wait for reviews, read them, buy if reviews are good. It's that simple.

 

[German Hops]

 

[jroc74]

Not sure. They might have their launch issues too.

But I cannot wait for Spider-Man 2 to launch. Thats gonna be a fun time.

 

[64bitmodels]

Yes, multiple times. Street Fighter V was barely a game sold at full price. Same for Exoprimal.

Street Fighter V was 7 years ago and SFVI came out of the gate with flying colors (quite literally too lmao)


As for me.... Trust Japanese publishers. They seem to put out more reliable stuff than western devs these days. Well, besides some stragglers like square enix. You can get reasonably hyped that a game will live up to expectations. still don't be an idiot and preorder though. Never preorder jack shit.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Trust no one

This. Honestly, in this day and age, you should be cautious and reserved about every single release for a variety of reasons IMO. From performance, to content, etc.

 

[digdug2]

You really shouldn't trust anyone, even if it's a studio that you know and love. For me, that includes From Soft. I usually love their games! I bought AC6 day one... and yeah, it really isn't for me. That's the way the cookie crumbles.

 

[Pedro Motta]

Trust no one obviously, but yes Sony and Nintendo have been the most consistent of the bunch, even with blunders like TLOU Pt1 on PC and Pokemon Arceus on Nintendo's side.

 

[Kataploom]

Nintendo is the only one, PS now publishes on PC and TLOU on there is the buggest and most unoptimized game since CP2077 on 8th gen consoles.

 

[GymWolf]

Trust no one

And we are done.

 

[GamesDontSuck]

Agreed, trust no one.


... oh about video games devs? Yeah don't trust them too.

 

[tomato shrub]

Capcom. Since the launch of RE7 they mostly released very polished games on launch/on disc. Only RE4 finally had some hiccups.

Also FROM Software games, under whomever they publish. Yeah, there might be several balancing patches down the line, but I consider those irrelevant for me.

 

[Banjo64]

No. Just Nintendo and Miyazaki.

The quality of Capcom and Sony games is generally very high though.

 

[wvnative]

Square-Enix games are virtually flawless if you focus on their internally developed games.

 

[Drizzlehell]

 

[LRKD]

I don’t trust any dev/publisher

 

[SmokedMeat]

Only Nintendo.

 

[LakeOf9]

Capcom, Nintendo, FromSoft

These are the three I trust. Sega and Sony are in a high tier too, but they do have misses.

 

[pqueue]

Now THIS is textbook shitty console fanboy concern posting.

well done.

 

[Dacvak]

Nintendo is usually good once they lock in a specific release date, but they’re horrible about teasing games far in advance, only to leave us deserted for years afterwards.

cries in Metroid Prime 4

 

[MasterCornholio]

I would say it's more that some devs are more trustworthy than others. Both Nintendo and Sony have devs that are great but some of them have issues with their games at launch.

Days Gone and Sonys PC titles have issues day one. While with Nintendo it's those Pokemon games that usually have issues.

 

[Horseganador]

They have their mistakes sometimes (Pokemon Scarlet, TLOU part 1 PC) but generally they always deliver.

 

[Chuck Berry]

What about TLOU part 1 launch on pc? That was shit

Or that initial Days Gone launch...

 

[Knightime_X]

Don't blame the companies, blame shareholders, producers, and extremely impatient gamers.
If a game needs a patch, in my mind, even though it's already out, I just pretend it's not yet released and wait for updates.

It's so funny to see people get super mad about something they demanded to be rushed.
Developers are people too, not your gaming slave dogs.

 

[proandrad]

Only Nintendo. People forget Horizon’s terrible performance mode that wasnt fixed till months later.

 

[Ammogeddon]

Trust no one

This.

Doesn’t sound nice but this should be the starting point. We’re getting paid less and they’re charging more these days. They need to fucking earn it.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

They're all scummy businesses, why would anyone use the word "trust"? I only have a PS5 and don't buy shit Day 1 anymore.

It'll be patched and usually a tad cheaper a bit later.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

I trust everyone

 

[JohnnyFootball]

I trust Sony for their console releases. PC releases? Not so much. Some have been good (R&C), some great (God of War, Spiderman) and some awful (TLoU1)

 

[MLSabre]

Businesses should never be trusted. Trust the released product, not what they proclaim the product will have.

 

[tomato shrub]

Actually, thinking about it, I strongly contest the notion of Nintendo being above the rest.

Singleplayer? They are fine. But multiplayer games? Just barren on day1. Mario Party, Switch Sports, Mario Strikers and so on all featured merely a fraction of the content of each predecessor game. Basic features and characters of old games now relegated to DLC weeks/months later. Each Splatoon sequel was nearly the same game until they released meaningful DLC.

 

[Fredrik]

They’re all bad, I get patches on all platforms, sometimes they add stuff half a year after release when I’m already done with the game. $70 to beta test is the norm.
Trust no one. Play games later whenever possible. Always go for PC version when possible, modders are faster to fix things than the devs, plus you get some nice bonuses like curvy ladies and VR modes and DLSS etc. Shader-stutter is the devil though, can slaughter an otherwise absurdly superior version.

 

[BlackTron]

Don't blame the companies, blame shareholders, producers, and extremely impatient gamers.

Don't blame companies. Blame the owners of the company. The employee of the company. And also blame yourself.

 

[Gaiff]

Now THIS is textbook shitty console fanboy concern posting.

well done.

I game on PC. Don't own any of the three consoles except for a Switch that I lent several months ago after playing TOTK.

I know it's fun to assume everyone is a console fanboy but no, I don't have a preference for any of them.

 

[Knightime_X]

Don't blame companies. Blame the owners of the company. The employee of the company. And also blame yourself.

lol just said that

 

[Astral Dog]

Of course not

Capcom is rad, a lot of people love FROM software as well, Square Enix and Platinum Games depending on the project still can release quality and cool games

I do not care about most western developers however, certainly not for day one

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Pretty much, but just the console releases. Sony PC releases can be rough.

 

[orimagdos]

Guy waited for the forza review to make this topic..some people are obsessed..

 

[March Climber]

Only Nintendo*

* = except Pokémon. Don’t trust them.

 

[Killer8]

Has Capcom ever let you down?

Resident Evil 6 is a perfect example of what happens if you get complacent.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Sony, Nintendo, and Capcom.

 

[PixelatedBeast]

Or that initial Days Gone launch...

They dont make games for PC. They may release on pc years later, but their focus is on consoles. They specifically hired a porting studio to do that for them.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

What about TLOU part 1 launch on pc? That was shit

Buy a Playstation.

 

[Mowcno]

Sony on PC no...

Nintendo have a few bad apples too. Pokémon Scarlet/Violet and then there were the games like Mario Strikers on Switch that launched barebones with next to no content.

But in general they are both good at launching games on consoles that are in a decent state.

 

[hinch7]

Nah, I wouldn't. Current SiE and devs aren't as they were; see ND and SMS work, or lacktheroff. Most recently GoW: Ragnarok I found fairly dissapointing.. and thats coming from one of my top games of all time.

Nintendo games are high quality but not really my kind of thing anymore. Maybe current Capcom I have a lot of faith in, but they aren't infallable.

 

[Gobjuduck]

Nintendo, and Capcom.

agree